If the Nakheel Tower is ever built, it would replace the Burj Khalifa as the world’s tallest and greenest skyscraper gracing the Dubai skies.

The project is part of a large 270-hectare mixed-use development called Nakheel Harbour. The tower was designed to serve as Dubai’s new capital building and it is adorned with Islamic design elements. Shopping districts, residences, offices, and public parks will make the area a thriving cultural hub.

To achieve a height of over 1,400 meters, the tower features an Islamic building typology that divides the Tower into four cores, with slots in the middle up near the top. These slots allow wind to pass through the building, reducing the wind load and allowing for uniformly-sized floor plates to be used the whole way up. The vertical city will be a LEED certified eco-tower and include black water treatment, storm water harvesting, reuse of fire test water, solar panels, wind turbines, and high-voltage power distribution.

Wow, how much more specifically green can we get today, right?  But those granite floor tiles have to get clean, so let’s do this thing!

Everyone advertises every chemical and store-bought solution to keeping those floor titles looking new, but we’ve got the skinny on eco-friendly and easy to do versions that are gonna knock you off those tiles!

To clean up a spill on granite, use a towel to soak up the mess and then use eco-friendly dishwashing soap and water to get it all new again.

Now if a specific area of your floor is stained, try using this flour method.

Mix some flour with dishwashing liquid to create a thick paste. Apply to the stained area, put a piece of plastic over the top, and leave to sit overnight. The next morning, you should be able to scrape up the stain with the mixture, which will have absorbed it.

How easy was that?!

The company that brings you everything from eco-friendly totes to baby clothes is having a great back to school sale and it’s time to get that shopping bug on!

Right now you can fill up your own maptote and save 20% off with this coupon code.  All you have to do is enter the promo code back2school and start saving!

Justin Timberlake has just re-launched his eco-friendly golf course in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.

The Mirimichi Performance Center is an 18-hole, par 72 golf course that recently won the Gold Environment Organization award for the first green golf course in the States.  Nicely done, JT!

Timberlake and his family purchased the course, formerly known as Big Creek, with the idea of creating an all-green haven and it looks like they’ve done exactly that!

We have junk all around us just waiting for a fun and crafty way to make something creative.  From newspaper to cardboard to even the junk mail we get every day despite the numerous calls for them to take you off their list, junk is all around us, so why not make it fun?!

Check out this remnant piece of cabinet that’s been painted stark white, designed with a black scroll theme and a tastefully added set of handles.  I mean, what gets better and more usable than this?!

Be creative and let’s turn lemons into recyclenade!